Until 2010, according to the Attorney General Pavel Zeman, it often happened that the perpetrators ended up in prison, but after their return they could enjoy illegally acquired property. Since then, three hundred specialists at the prosecutor’s office and the police, who specialize in financial investigations, have investigated how the suspect lived, where he took money for it, tracked financial transactions or looked for where assets could be hidden or transferred in within the family.
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Financial investigation thus becomes an important part of the investigation of not only complex cases. “In recent years, it has been the most tangible tool in the field of economic crime, which is also moving to the area of theft or human trafficking,” praised Jiří Mazánek, director of the National Center against Organized Crime.
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Contrary to the idea that they are inviolable, we are also able to secure virtual currencies.
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According to the head of elite detectives, it is not just about securing property, but also about making its possession or state administration pay off. “For real estate or money, the costs are not high. But the problem is with cars, electronics or things like tobacco. The cost of a secured car, which will be sold after a year, is 8,200 crowns. If the car has been secured for several years, then it needs more professional service and the cost of it is forty to fifty thousand a year, “Mazánek pointed out.
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Therefore, the state, through the Center for Secured Assets under the Ministry of the Interior, is trying to sell secured cars or electronics at an early stage of criminal proceedings. “We probably remember a period when secured luxury cars literally rotted in police car parks for years. The current procedure protects the economic value of things and is beneficial for the state, but also for suspects, if they do not get back the relevant purchase price if they are not convicted, “Zeman explained.
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On the web portal cenza, the state now offers almost two dozen cars, electronics, clothing, and even games for children. “If people see that we are able to secure property and that they will not enjoy it, then it may discourage them from committing crime. Contrary to the idea that they are untouchable, we are also able to secure virtual currencies, “added Mazánek. In addition to ordinary things, detectives secured, for example, a plane, a boat or even a racehorse. “But he returned due to the complexity of care,” Mazánek admitted.
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